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India’s Kashmir Crackdown Poses Risk of War
0 comments | by John Riddell
On August 5, India’s Hindu nationalist government unilaterally revoked the autonomy of the state of Jammu and Kashmir, while flooding the region with troops, imposing a curfew, and shutting down all communications. The state is to be broken in two, with the eastern portion (Ladakh) under direct rule by New Del
Read Full ArticleStratfor: Kashmir may provide spark for Pakistan-India...
0 comments | by Abdus Sattar Ghazali
Stratfor: Kashmir may provide spark for Pakistan-India nuclear war The specter of nuclear war haunts tensions between India and Pakistan, and the disputed territory of Kashmir could provide the spark that lights South Asia’s nuclear fuse, warns Strafor, a geopolitical intelligence think tank that provides strat
Read Full ArticlePakistan Must Make The Most of Newly Discovered Oil Reserves
2 comments | by Adam Garrie
News has broken that the American company Exxon Mobil has discovered vast oil reserves beneath the soil of Pakistan’s Balochistan province. According to Exxon Mobil’s experts, the reserves appear to be larger than Kuwait’s which if fully confirmed would make Pakistan one of the top ten oil producing nations on earth. For a country looking to revita
Read Full ArticlePotentially Oil Rich PK Must Avoid The “Black Gold Rush”
0 comments | by Adam Garrie
Multiple sources are reporting that previously untapped oil reserves off the cost of Karachi may be far larger than previously expected. It is thought that at minimum, the oil could carter to all of Pakistan’s domestic needs and that in all likelihood, it will eventually transform Pakistan into a major energy exporter. Many countries that experience a “bla
Read Full ArticleThe Legacy of Infinite War Raids by U.S. commandos
0 comments | by Nick Turse
Raids by U.S. commandos in Afghanistan. (I could be talking about 2001 or 2018.)
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